[liberationtech] Not another Haystack right?

[Fran Parker]

Hi Michael,

Then maybe you could recommend that people upgrade their Java to the 
latest stable version if they plan to use the product before it goes to 
C or C++ version?

I wouldn't dream of running any Java based program without using the 
latest stable (presumably safer) version. I have seen many folks still 
running *cringe* version Update 5.x!

Especially when you are talking about people's lives...

Maybe something to think about anyway...

Fran

On 11/29/11 9:31 AM, Michael Rogers wrote:
> Hi Fran,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> The plan is to bundle a JVM for Windows, where Java isn't available by
> default, and rely on the default JVM for Mac and Android.
>
> New JVMs are supposed to be backward compatible with old applications,
> so our code should run on any JVM that supports Java 1.5 or later.
>
> We've also discussed porting the code to C or C++, but that won't happen
> until the design stabilises.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> On 29/11/11 14:06, Fran Parker wrote:
>> Interesting. My only concern is that it's built on Java which has many
>> vulnerabilities if a person is using an older version. And newer
>> versions can break the program entirely. Or am I missing something?
>>
>> Fran
>>
>> On 11/29/11 7:41 AM, Yosem Companys wrote:
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